The Zahir.(BRIEF CASE)
The celebrated Brazilian author of The Alchemist returns with a
tale of love and obsession. A renowned writer in France searches for his
wife, a war correspondent who disappears with a mysterious . . .
The Economics of Franchising.(BRIEF CASE)
A study of the tensions that fester between concessionaries and the
companies behind the brands. Blair and Lafontaine delve into the
workings behind quality control, contracts, pricing, location . . .
The other side of the coin.(How Capitalism Saved America)(Book
Review)
How Capitalism Saved America By Thomas DiLorenzo Crown Publishing
Group US$14.95
Despite its subtitle, The Untold History of Our Country, from the
Pilgrims to the Present, Thomas DiLorenzo's . . .
Southbound.(Jonathon Brunger of Adventure Life Journey and
Virginia Taylor of Crowley Maritime )(Interview)
When is the best time of the year to go to Antarctica?
There's only one time and that's from November to early
March, during the continent's summer, says Jonathon Brunger,
adventure coordinator . . .
Shooting stars: French hotel group Accor bets on three-star
hotels for Latin America's business travelers.
Who says that in Latin America the only good hotels are four-star
or five-star places? Or that you should pay an arm and a leg to stay in
a nice hotel in the region? Not the French hotel group . . .
Ready for takeoff: the low-cost model comes to Mexico as the
government prepares to get out of the airline business.(Mexicana
Ai
A bus trip from Mexico City to Monterrey in northern Mexico will
take you 11 hours and cost US$85. It's quite a haul, but jaunts
like that one are very common for traveling Mexicans, 96% of whom . . .
Education for global executives: empowering
organizations.(business schools alliances with companies to improve
standards of exe
To be a manager in today's competitive global economy means
being more agile than ever. Companies need leaders who can think
strategically, act quickly and move their organizations forward . . .
Banking & financial services: the trends, the issues, the
solutions.(banking industry in Latin America )
Latin American banks and financial service providers are looking
ahead to 2006 with a positive outlook. Stronger economies throughout the
region are creating growth opportunities in trade finance, . . .
Space cowboys: Houston grows to become one of the busiest trading
posts in the United States, thanks to geography.(AIR CARGO)
Virtually the same distance from the U.S. Pacific and Atlantic
coastlines, the Texas city of Houston has become home to many air-cargo
companies flying the U.S. skies. For logistics companies, . . .
Keep on trucking: President Uribe pushes for Colombia's most
ambitious highway plan ever.(INFRASTRUCTURE)
Colombia's highways are headed for an extreme makeover.
President Alvaro Uribe has prepped to perform the surgery needed to
modernize Colombia's vast network of highways. More than . . .
Atari flashback: classic game console.(PIPELINE)
www.atari.com
Twenty classic home-video games built into one plug-and-play
console
Just . . .
Epson EMP-S3: multimedia projector.(PIPELINE)
www.epson.com Liquid-crystal display projector uses seven color
modes and weighs 2.5 kilograms, which makes it more moveable than other
projectors Just . . .
Creative Zen Vision: portable video player.(PIPELINE)
www,creative.com Features hard drive, voice recorder and FM radio.
Also supports recordings from a variety of formats Just . . .
Parrot Easydrive: hands-free cell phone kit.(PIPELINE)
www.driveblue.com Bluetooth wireless hands-free system plugs into a
cigarette lighter and has control pad for volume and redial . . .
Tungsten E2: handheld computer.(with Bluetooth wireless
technology)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
Price: US$250 www.palmone.com
* The Good
This multimedia handheld device comes with Bluetooth wireless
technology, Windows applications and a digital music player. A
high-resolution screen . . .
Image makers: Brazil could chart its own course in the swiftly
approaching age of digital television.(TELEVISION)
As television around the world begins its digital revolution,
Brazilian authorities are considering launching their own, domestic
version of the technology, a US$1 billion bet on potential demand . . .
What's your poison: a Mexican lab hopes its anti-venoms take
a bite out of hospital costs across the globe.(PHARMACEUTICALS)(Bio
Alfredo Chavez Haro, an emergency room doctor in southern central
Mexico, remembers well the six-year-old child who came into his Bed
Cross emergency room. Bitten by a scorpion--just one of 230,000 . . .
Top brokerage houses.(Illustration)
Top Brokerage Houses
ARGENTINA
Ranked by managed total transactions
MARKET SHARE
COMPANY 2004 2003
1 Santander . . .
Top insurers: ranked by premiums as of December 31,
2004.(Illustration)
Top Insurers
Ranked by premiums as of December 31, 2004
ARGENTINA
TYPE OF
COMPANY INSURANCE
1 Federacion Patronal Seguros . . .
Top pension funds: ranked by assets under management as of
December 31, 2004.(Illustration)
Top Pension Funds
Ranked by assets under management as of December 31, 2004
RANK AFPS COUNTRY
1 Previ Brazil
2 Provida Chile
3 . . .
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